Bodycam shows a Good Samaritan and police officers save two people from burning home
By: Kenosha police officers helped rescue two people from a burning home on Thursday, May 2 – and it was all caught on bodycam video.
Video captured the home near 69th Street and 57th Avenue engulfed in flames. Officer Danielle Moore was the first on the scene and ran to the rescue.
"Too much smoke," she said. "Even with the flashlight, you could barely see."
Moore entered the garage. There, she found another hero; Elia Serrano, a good Samaritan, had gone in to help, too.
"You see something, you do something," Serrano said. "I was just at the right time in the right place."
Serrano happened to be driving past the home around 9 p.m. on Thursday. She said she saw a blast, realized there was a fire and called 911. Serrano got one man out, but couldn't get the second.
Moore, along with Officers Justin Labatore, Jordan Heitkamp and Cody Williams, sprang into action to help get the man's son to safety. Moments after the rescue, the Kenosha Fire Department reported that a "flashover" occurred inside the home – causing all the windows to blow out.
"The fire had spread at that point, and they were pulling up," said Moore. "All the windows to the house burst out."
Moore said, thanks to Serrano's quick thinking, two people are alive.
"What made me more emotional was my son being like," Serraon said, "my son was like, ‘Mom, you are a hero.'"
Police thanked the Kenosha Fire Department for their teamwork and care of the residents and officers after this fire.